The characters in our thriller opening

Characters

Here are some quick drawings and ideas of my characters which include who they are played by and what they look like.

I have also included a few key points about them as individuals to make it easier for us when it comes to filming as it reminds us of how we want them to be portrayed and seen by the audience...

-Here is 'The Girl'

-The Grandma

-The Parents

Thriller Screenplay

'What can't speak can't lie'

Planning the days of our filming

We have decided to use about 3 days

to film our thriller opening, however

we will use more if needed. These

days will include the making/sorting

out of our props and costume and

ensuring that the people we need

are avalible at the time that we need

them for.

For the making of our thriller,
based on the storyline that we have,
we think that we will be using the 
following to film...

1. Camera (Obviously)
2. Tripod (For steady shots)
3. Shoulder mount (for moving shots)
4. Possibly the Go Pro...
(For point of view shots)

Thriller Opening Risk Assesment

Hi guys, this is mine and Tammy's risk assesment for the filming of our Thriller opening. It states what risks there are with filming it, who could be a part of these risks and what the probability is of these risks happening (along with how we could prevent them...)

Risk Assessment Form- Part A

Risk Assessment Form-Part B

Risk assesment part B from LauraKN

Production Logo and name

Here is our production logo '21st Century Productions'.

Me and Tammy thought that it would be good to use quite a simple yet unique logo so as the viewers know who it belongs to. 

The text '21st Century Productions' is being projected out onto the screen behind it which is why we have used a yellow shadow behind the text. By using this it creates the image that there is light there which we think makes it look like a projected image instead of plain boring text.

The shadows we think also connect with the type of films (such our thriller)that we make as it makes it more mysterious.

We used the name '21st Century Productions' as it it also simple yet effective. This name is also easy to say (for all people) and is also easy to remember.

 

Textual Analysis (American Horror Story Hotel)

 I have chosen to use a tv show rarther than a film, so here are the opening titles of American Horror Story Hotel that I have analysed in the presentation below...

Textual analysis of American Horror Story Hotel from LauraKN

How will the audience 'use' my thriller film?

Uses and gratifications theory-

How will the audience 'use' my film?..

This is a post which relates to my last one that I posted, which was based on the uses and gratifications theory and linking it to my own thriller opening and film. Here I include how I think that my target audience will 'use' my film and why I think they will choose to watch it...

I think that the target audience for our film will use our film mainly for their personal entertainment. I believe this as our thriller is aiming to be a very dramatic thriller type film which I think will have the audience 'on the edge of their seats' and want to see what happens next to the characters and the overall plot of the film.

I also think that the audience will be able to relate to our film as the opening starts off with a family that are having a bit of conflict. I think therefore that the audience might be able to see similarities in their lives along with the lives of the characters in our thriller, which I think will also make them want to continue watching . I think this as they will be able to interact more with the film and the other characters within it more, which will also lead them to wanting to see what happens next in the film.

By this I mean that I think the audience will be able to relate this thriller opening and film to their personal relationships including their family,as we all know that families do not always get along and sometimes argue over things that they do no agree on. (Meaning that they can emotionally connect with the film, the action, and the feelings of the characters).

I think that out thriller opening/film will also allow to give a message to the viewers that life isn't always what we expect it to be, and that sometimes bad things can happen even if everything seems perfect or just like a normal life.

surveillance (close observation, especially for a suspected spy or criminal)- I believe that our audience will use our thriller this way as they want to try and figure out the plot themselves, which is another way that they will be able to be more engaged in the film.

Audience consumption habits-Uses and Gratifications theory (Blumer and Katz)

Audience consumption habits- Uses and Gratification from LauraKN

More on target audience (mind map)

Hi everyone,

todays blog is a mind map that we made considering the target audience for our thriller film/opening that we are making.
Here I have included things such as lifestyle, ethnicity, age, gender and interests to build up on my last post. I have also included some details of what happens in our film and how this applies to what type of audience we think our film is for. This then applies to why this is an advantage to us as a film production.


(To view the mindmap, click on the '+' to zoom in and use pointer to move) 



I think that in tesms of aiming this thriller at my audience, posters on billbord ect. could be I belivie a great idea as people will tend to want to go and watch something if they see a poster of it somewhere and they like the look of it. I would aim this at a large audience by not making the posters look childish or like a old film that younger audiences would find boring, therefore more people i think will like the look of the posters.

Thriller target audience

Filming Partner!

Here is a picture of me and my filming partner Tammy.
We will be working together to produce our thriller opening which you will get to see the process of on my blog, hope you enjoy :)

'Coming down the mountain' Analysis presentation

Here is our presentation for 'coming down the mountain' that I will be doing next week in class with Sophie Smart and Courtney Pearson.

This presestation is on how disability is presented in the clip, and includes our ideas and interpretations on how we think that disability has been represented by the use of:

• Camera angles/different shots used
• Mise-en-scene
• Editing
• sound

Hope you enjoy...

The role of screenplay

Director case study of Tim Burton

Marketing and Promotion of 'The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey' and other Hobbit films

Marketing and Promotion of ‘The Hobbit an unexpected journey' and other Hobbit films from LauraKN

Marketing and Promotion (Mockingjay Part2 &The Hunger Games)

About marketing and promotion

The marketing and promotion of a film is a way of convincing people to go and watch or buy a film...

Here are some marketing methods that used :         

1. Trailers/teaser trailers/youtube/cinemas/tv
2. Magazines
3. Billboards/posters (can be on buses/buildings)
4. Toys/computer/console games
5. Food (e.g Mcdonalds Happy meals)
6. Radio
7. Social media (e.g facebook/twitter pages)
8. Premieres
9. Exclusive interviews with cast members
10. Music vedios 
11. online reviews

One Page Pitch Meeting

As you can see, me and Tammy did our one page pitch on a powerpoint and answerd the questions on it that we would have answered in the meeting...

 

One Page Pitch Plan

Here is mine and Tammy's one page pitch that we are going to be doing a presentation of soon. In this we have included the details of what our thriller opening and the overall plot is going to be about. We and also stated who will be participating in the making of the film to make it more realistic (For example we are using adults to play parents). 
In this we also state why we chose to do a thriller opening in the style that we are going to be doing it in and also why we think that it's a good idea for the audience. (This tells the audience how we think that our thriller will be unique and we think also different to the other thriller openings that will be seen). 
We have included what type of people and what age range our thriller will be aimed at and why we think that this particular type of audience will enjoy the film.
Our one page pitch also contains other details that we think would be needed for a good description for somebody to understand what our film is about.

One page pitch from Tammybaldwin99

Thriller opening storyboard: Scene 1

 scene 1

We have made a storyboard for our thriller opening based off of our initial ideas. This will  hopefully make the filming of our thriller easier as we can see what different shots, angles and sounds we want to include to make our overall peice as good as we can.

      Here is scene 1 out of 3 of our storyboard...

 

Thriller opening storyboard: Scene 2

scene 2

 Here is scene 2 out of 3 of our storyboard 

Thriller opening storyboard: Scene 3

scene 3

 Here is scene 3 out of 3 of our storyboard 

Hope that you enjoyed :)

Regulation

Regulation and relation to our thriller film/opening

Here I have made a clip of some information on the BBFC, what they are about and what they do. I have also given a definition of the different ratings on films and rated my own thriller...

Hope you enjoy :)

UPDATE: We have more recently decided that our thriller film is going to be rated as a 15 instead of a 12 as the whole film would include more graphic content and bad language, however this still leaves us with a larger target audience to aim our film at rather than it just being aimed at adults.

Secondary research into an institutional example- 'The Visit'

Hi everyone, Here I have done some secondary research into an institutional example...
I decided to analyse the film 'The Visit' (2015) and see how I thought they targeted their audience.
I then compared this to my own ideas and gave my thoughts on it, hope you enjoy :)

Secondary research into an institutional example from LauraKN

uWhen doing secondary research into identifying audience, it also gave me a few more ideas on what we could include in our thriller. For example, changing peoples expectations…

uThis was used in ‘The Visit’ at multiple times where as an audience member I expected the Grandma to kill the girl (especially when she asked her to go inside the oven), however she didn’t. I think that we did the same thing in our thriller opening when the girl is outside in the dark. I think this as because it is a thriller, some people might expect danger to come at this point and for the character to be harmed or even killed. I think that because we were able to do this, it created a more dramatic setting for the audience while watching as their expectations didn't happen.

Primary research into identifying audience

For primary research into identifying our target audience for our thriller we did a short survey with 
10 people that we knew. The youngest person in this survey was 13 and the oldest was 82, so obviously there was a big difference. We did this to see is a large range of people would like the idea that we had for our thriller so far, because the larger the target audience the better.

We first asked them: "Do you like thriller films?"
We then asked them: "Would a thriller about the past and war, which is about murder appeal to you?"
We then asked the simple question: "Why" to see if the type of thriller changd their mind.

As you can see, some of these results stand out as some of the people changed their mind a bit when hearing about the genre. One that stands out the most I think is the person who said they didn't like thriller films but would probably watch it because they were intrested war. 

Primary audience research from LauraKN

This short task showed us that not everybody will like our thriller obviously but there is also not really an age limit. However, as this is going to be a thriller there has to be a age that you have to be to watch it. We have come up with the idea to make it either a 12 or a 15 but are not sure yet, keep checking for updates :)

Thriller Opening- Initial Ideas

For my Opening Thriller task I will be working with Tammy Baldwin.
Tammy is going to be in charge of the camera while i will be playing the 16 year old girl in the film.
We will also be using friends and family members in our film to make up the remainder of the characters. 

Scene 1: (Girls house)

• Scene one will be set at dusk. 
• A girl, aged 16, is having an argument with her parents
• she storms out, slams the door and starts to pack her bag while angry music will be  playing over the top of the scene, and this stops when she slams the door.
• The camera pans across some pictures on a shelf, the first one is of her parents, she smashes it on the floor.
• the next one shows the girls 'war hero' grandfather and the music changes to an emotional piece.
• she looks at the photo and then packs it carefully. She takes a deep breath then leaves her house (diegetic sound used).

Scene 2: (Grandmas house)

• The next scene is a dark rainy night.  
• The 16 year old girl knocks on the door and her grandma lets her in and proceeds to give her a drink. 
• (A montage with the same emotional music is used).
• Her Grandma and herself  sit on the sofa looking at an old photo album, by the fireplace.
• The girl yawns and they set up a bed on the sofa because the spare room in the attic is full of her granddad's old belongings.

Scene 3: (Grandmas attic)

• Scene 3 is set as a bright sunny day (morning).
• The girls grandma is downstairs and the girl is looking through the boxes of her granddads old belongings.
• she comes across a box filled with war medals etc., and a strange ripped document.
•  Finally she puts the two pieces together and finds something surprising. Dramatic music plays and the title sequence starts.

We will be using different types of natural lighting such as the dark and the light and probably some artificial lights to create a more dramatic setting however this means that we will have to be careful with our continuity. We will also use different camera shots and angles to make the overall video feel more real and more dramatic as it should do.

Audience expectations

plot elements and production values

The Distribution Process In Film

This is my presitation about the what the distribution process is about in film, what it does, and some examples that I have included.

The Production Process

Here is my slide show about the production process in tv and film. It includes when the three different stages happen, It explains what the different stages are and what happens within them.

Production process from LauraKN

Audience Theories

My thoughts: 

Active V Passive-
I in some ways agree with the active and passive theory, for example if someone sees a film that inspires them then they might want to go out and do something, by this I mean that it could change the way they think about something. However, If there was a film about murder it doesn't mean that it will put the idea in someones head to kill somebody, this is a way in which I disagree with the passive side.
I also both agree and disagree with the active side sort of in the same way. For example, if the film is trying to promote something such as stopping animal testing then it's the audience members choice in how they react to that.

Hypodermic needle theory-
I think of this theory in the same way as i do with the passive side of the active v passive theory... I also think that it depends on the induvidual in terms of how the media makes them think.

The reception theory-
This happens I think in quite a lot of films...

Uses and gratifications theory-
I mainly agree with this theory and as i have already said, it depends on the induvidual. Therefore I think that if there is a film with such a strong message then it will deffinetly effect the audience members to act upon something, however they may just choose to do what they want anyway.

In my coraline textual analysis, I think that the film is deffinetly trying to set a scene in the audiences head and make them understand what type of film it is, however I don' think the film particually chages peoples thoughts as there isn't really a very clear messge that it gives out. 
However, I think that this again depends on the induvidual and how they may interpret the message that the film may be giving out to people.